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Structural Dependence and Dynamics of White Luminescence in Multilayer Structures for White Organic Light Emitting Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Shizuo Fujita ,
Ken-ichi Uesaka  and
Shigeo Fujita
Shizuo Fujita
Affiliation:
International Innovation Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Ken-ichi Uesaka
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Shigeo Fujita
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Abstract

White electroluminescence (EL) spectra are carefully investigated in terms of the multilayer structures and a rule for designing the white luminescence is discussed. For a simple structure which consists of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)-aluminum (Alq) and 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenyl-1,3-cyclopendadiene (PPCP) emitting green and blue luminescence, respectively, as luminescent and electron transport layers, white luminescence appeared if the thickness of each layer was appropriately chosen. The luminescence efficiency was higher in PPCP, and therefore one of the structures effectively emitting white luminescence was designed as PPCP(10 nm)/Alq(40 nm). The 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM) was then added to the PPCP/Alq structure intending to enhance red luminescence. We propose the structure where red luminescence is from the DCM as photoluminescence excited by the green and blue luminescence from Alq and PPCP, which was effective, compared to the PPCP/Alq/DCM stacking structure, in avoiding increase of the operating voltage. The importance of designing structures of organic white EL devices based on fundamental optical properties of the constituent layers and on luminescence dynamics is highlighted.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 708: Symposium BB – Organic Optoelectronic Materials, Processing and Devices , 2001 , BB3.52
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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